Redeveloping the long-vacant Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. manufacturing site is a major component of Noblesville’s long-term plan that involves creating master plans for areas just outside of downtown.
Republican legal leaders, including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, have declared a congressional district map redraw “perfectly legal.” Democrats and other opponents say they’ll challenge any such move in court.
A city commission is backing the Hogsett administration’s effort to salvage the long-planned redevelopment of the Gold Building downtown, which for months has been hampered by financial challenges that nearly derailed it.
Earlier this year, Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order directing state leaders to establish a unified regional framework for economic and workforce development.
Lawrence-based software firm Schneider Geospatial, which has more than doubled its employee base over the past three years, just acquired its fifth company since 2022.
Development restrictions along the route of IndyGo’s future Blue Line intended to foster transit-oriented development have created difficulties for two projects along East Washington Street.
Indianapolis leaders and event organizers are in a race against the clock to quell a recent spate of downtown violence before next weekend when the city hosts the WNBA All-Star Game and Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, two of the biggest events on this year’s calendar.
President Trump provided notice of the tariffs to begin on Aug. 1 by posting letters on Truth Social that warned both countries to not retaliate by increasing their own import taxes.
Indiana’s new Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is expected to focus on Main Street businesses—small businesses that are not venture-backed, not easily scaled and found in many towns and cities across the state.
Municipal government leaders across Indiana are going pale in the face while they review budget forecasts for the next few years as a sweeping property tax relief law takes effect.
Also, at Wednesday’s meeting, the IEDC board’s entrepreneurship committee updated the investment policy for the Indiana Angel Network Fund III LLC—the investment fund managed by Elevate Ventures through which the SSBCI money flows.
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. estimates that the data center incentives are worth an estimated $168 million in total tax savings for the combined projects over the next 35 years.
The sweeping move fulfills a pledge Braun made Thursday when he confirmed he planned to dismantle and reconstruct the existing board of the state’s economic development agency.
But with that two-year spending plan set to take effect on July 1, it’s still not clear what the office will do and who will lead it.
The law, passed in 2023, covers public meetings held by state boards and commissions; elected school boards; county commissions; and county, city and town councils.
Business leaders are encouraging state commerce officials to retain the programs that have led to what they say has been a “strong ROI” in the past.
Gov. Mike Braun announced the audit last month, citing potential “impropriety” at the IEDC. He also announced a freeze of all state funds associated with Elevate Ventures.
Representatives from Eli Lilly, Cook Medical and other Hoosier businesses gave advice about tariffs during the Indiana District Export Council’s annual trade and business conference Thursday at Newfields.
Young, R-Indiana, and fellow Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, reintroduced legislation to jumpstart the country’s “rusted” shipbuilding industry and increase onshore ship production that has largely shifted to China.
The South Korean chip maker’s proposed $3.87 billion manufacturing campus in Indiana is still on track after the West Lafayette City Council approved the request following a 7-hour public meeting.
